Happy Birthday Eric de Ferret!

Hi Woofers!

The Gangs all here, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Today it is Eric's birthday...................so.............all together........after seven..........

Three........four....SEVEN!

Happy Birthday to Eric
We all think he's terrifec
His poo is pathetec
But we love him all the same!

Yaaaayyyyyyyy!

Yep, little Eric arrived here this time a year ago and as we are not sure of his exact birthday we have given him an 'Official' birthday, a bit like The Queen!

As a treat Eric got first slurp of the Ferretone this morning and he had first choice of the Chicken fillet and then he got a lift on Old Two Legs shoulder, all the way down to the travelling cage when we went out for our walk!

Mind you, he wanted a carry all the way around the morning walk!

It's My Birthday and I Deserve a Carry!

Miss May had to go and tell OTL that Eric was 'Showing Off'

Huston, We have a Problem!

 Birthday or not, there was only so much he could get away with and OTL says he was 'Pushing his Luck'!

Mind you, the sun was shining and the wind had dropped, so it wasn't that bad!

Just right for a Birthday Stroll!

 In the end he trotted along sniffing the sniffs and poking his head in the grass to see if there was any mouses or monsters he could 'Sort Out'!

We have noticed that his tail is getting very bushy and all grown up, it won't be long before he starts putting on some weight and getting as big as Freddy!

This a really posh Ferret Tail!

When we got back OTL had to take Holly to the vet to see about her eyes, Conjunctivitis, and she got pulled and poked and stuff put in her eyes and she even had a test to check on her tear ducts, (all OK) then stuff was squirted in to check for ulcers, (all OK) and finally the vet says that she had Conjunctivitis, which is wot OTL said in the first place!

Poor OTL, his wallet is all deflated and sore, a bit like Holly!

For all that he got two tubes of gunk to squirt into Holly's ear and eye!

Lunchtime we were back down the beach again and got stopped by a couple of Two Legs who thought that Fred and Wendy were Meerkats and then proceeded to ask hundreds of questions about Ferrets!

Freddy and Wendy got picked up and stroked and given back to OTL but the questions went on and on and in the end Freddy fell asleep in OTL's arms!

Loved the tale of Archie Babe being throw off the sofa! I reckon the next time Boy gets some food Archie Babe should knock it onto the floor and then it will be a race to see who gets to it first!

My money will be on Archie!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

An extra Hour in bed, spoilt by a jet powered vacuum cleaner!

Hello Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Wot a super day! A whole hour extra in bed!

Well, Holly and I got a hours snooze on top of wot we normally get. Old Two Legs wasn't so lucky.

The Missus was all agitated cos she had gone to bed early, seeing how she had spent a hard day sloshing glue around with The Cat Woman!

Now, when TM hits the sack early, that means she is up earlier the next day and if you also add that the clocks went back last night by a whole hour, there is a recipe for and exchange of opinions!

Now the exchange started around three in the morning as TM was cleaning up the 'Workshop'. Bang, Crash and the language! Just 'cos she dropped the water jar!

Then there was the crash that was made by a load of stuff that would only be picked up by the vacuum cleaner.

That's when the fight started!

Holly and kept our heads down and pretty soon it was light enough to get up.

We headed down to the beach and although the sun was up, there was loads of clouds!

Sun Beams!

 Miss May had fun chasing sniffs while Eric stayed cuddled up in OTL's arms 'cos he reckons it was just too cold to walk!

.........and another sniff over here!

 Holly and I said hello to Polly and Bo and there was a funny sniff about Bo, we think she has puppies in her tummy!

We won't know for a couple of weeks or so but we all have our claws crossed for her.

Hey! There is a crab sniff here!

Back home OTL has been busy on the computer 'cos it is 'The VAT Quarter' which is always fun, especially as it means he has to pay out money!

In the end it was all OK and he got the bits of paper telling him how much he will have to pay out and those go to the accountant to file away where he files all the paper!

Holly Chops may get a visit to the vet 'cos she had had some gungy eyes that OTL says could be Conjunctivitis, which she has had before. OTL says it's because she keeps rubbing her face on the sand and getting it in her eyes, then you get Conjunctivitis!

Trouble is, she never learns and the next time she is on the beach she goes nose diving into the sand again!

With a bit of luck it will just be some jollop that she has had before and then a week later it is cleared up!

We have had a snoozy afternoon, OTL on the computer and watching American Football on the TV, TM washing the ferrets bedding and Holly and the ferrets and I spent the afternoon fast asleep on our sleeping beds!

Now, that's the way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Lucky Holly, she is still a Grubby Puppy!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

We were up good and early this morning. The Missus made sure of that, banging and crashing about, stomping up and down the stairs as well as switching all the house lights on!

You see she had made an appointment with the doctors surgery to get stabbed with flu germs and needed the little car 'cos she had made the appointment for 09:00hr!

Soppy TM!

When she got there at 08:40hr she had to wait in a queue until nine before she was let in. Talk about 'Grumbly Old Pensioner' apparently the whole queue was grumbling, mainly because they were all 'Grumbly Old Pensioners'!

They all wanted to get in out of the cold and didn't seem to realise that the surgery opened at NINE!

Morning on the beach, the sun had got up and Holly said that we wouldn't see it again for some time 'cos the clocks go back tonight and we get an extra hour in bed!

We won't see this for some time but we will see the sunsets!

 We were having fun on the beach when a crow started to sound off claiming that the beach was his and we should clear off!

Watch it crow chops, we got ferrets and we're not afraid to use them!

 Now, Holly was threatened with a wash and haircut but the rain stayed away so Old Two Legs set about removing the 'Wild Life' bit of the garden that he let 'Go Wild' this year.

Unfortunately it went too wild and ended up creeping into the neighbours garden!

OTL set to work and soon found out that he really should get himself another pair of heavy duty gardening gloves 'cos the thorns kept on digging into him!

OTL was not happy!

Well, he finally filled two of the wheelie bins with weeds and then declared that he was too tired to do any more!

Now that was good 'cos it was gone two and we hadn't been out for our walk yet!

Down on the beach Freddy decided he really didn't want to go digging in the sand so, as soon as OTL crouched down to take a picture, Freddy sprinted along the sand and jumped onto OTL's lap saying 'Gissa Cuddle Daddy!'

I need a cuddle!

Back home we had been invaded by  Auntie Karen 'The Cat Lady' who had come to visit TM and play at sploshing the gesso all over the place.

Holly and I got a prezzie each in the form of a rather delicious chew!

Now that was a result!

OTL found Trevor the Frog in amongst the weeds and to keep him out of trouble, he let him go swimming in the pond!

Karen said she had seen a lizard on her door step and took a picture but when OTL 'enhanced' it on the computer it turned out to be a Common Newt or Smooth Newt!

It may be common but we could do with some newts in our pond!

Smooooooth Newt!

 Tonight we will be watching the F1 qualifying and then off to a looooong nights snooze, the sort that Archie Babe has mastered!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Busy doing Nothing!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here again!

We sort of love Friday's you see although it is a working day, it doesn't really feel like it's for working, more of a sort of 'Wind Down Day'!

All the woofers in this house do 'Wind Down' very well!

Today we got taken out this morning in the big car 'cos The Missus was winding down at her mates house sloshing the glue about and she wanted the car to take all the stuff!

That was OK, at least we won't be bothered by the roar of the jet powered vacuum cleaner!

Down on the beach the sea mist was hanging about but we did spot a Wormy Man who was marching up and down with his digging fork!

We shouted at him but he didn't seem to understand what we were saying!

'They've gone the other way!

 Eric and May were all for cuddles 'cos the grass was wet with dew and that made their tummies all wet and damp! Mind you, they got down for the last bit where the grass was shorter and by then the dew had fallen off the grass.

Lunchtime it was rather warm and even Freddy enjoyed being on the beach, he was catching up on his winter tan while holly and I were digging holes!

OK, who is going to rub the Factor 35 on my tummy?

 Needless to say, no one put their paws up and in the end he had to get up and follow us back!

When we got to the football field, Freddy said that with one bound, from a standing start, he could get on top of Old Two Legs hat!

He even offered to bet all his chicken fillet treats for a week.

We didn't fall for it, we had seen this trick before!

It's Freddy Babe on OTL's hat!

OTL had to go out to see one of his customers so Holly and I stood guard up at the bedroom window until he returned. I must admit that I was feeling very drowsy 'cos the sun was shining on the window and it was soooo warm!

We are hoping that tomorrow will be the same 'cos OTL has plans to clean up the garden by getting rid of the weeds that have taken over the 'Wild Place' he had left up the end of the garden, only trouble is, all the wild life has gone 'cos the weeds have taken over and are marching into next doors garden!

If the weather is not ready for some garden work, Holly has been promised a bath and a hair cut!

Anyone guess what Holly is wishing for?

It was super to see Auntie Diana leave a message for Eric de Wimp! We did love the tale from Izzy about low flying woofers!

There is Auntie Sue off down in sunny Dorset, we've been there and that is where we found Dinosorearse foot prints!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

It's all better now!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here!

It's been a right day today, full of little surprises and stuff.

Let me explain.

This morning Holly and I were out with Old Two Legs for our walk down the beach. The ferrets May and Eric stayed cuddled up in OTL's arms for most of the walk and only decided to get down at the last hundred yards or so!

Not really a walk in my mind!

Back home OTL was cleaning the cages and doing some last little bits on the computer to get it all back working as it should.

First May and Eric had a rampage around the house plus they had a game of chase with OTL, all good fun.

They then went back into their cage for a slurp of Ferretone and a bit of chicken fillet, yum yum!

As soon as the cage door is shut they finish off the chicken and head for bed and a snooze.

Then it is Freddy and Wendy's turn for a rampage while OTL does the cage. You see? Organised or wot?

Well, today OTL's mind wasn't fully on what he was doing 'cos after cleaning the cage and having another game of chase, plus fiddling about on the computer, he picked up Freddy and Wendy and put them in the cage, but it wasn't their cage, he had put them in with Eric and May!

Without thinking, he shut the cage door and headed for the computer. Well, that was until he heard the scream of a pair of ferrets in mortal combat!

In fact what had happened was Eric, seeing a much bigger Freddy in his cage, ran away and dived under the blankets and pretended he didn't exist!

Freddy, being the friendly sort, crept into the bed that Miss May was stretched out in and gave her a ferret cuddle, which starts off with a bit of butt sniffing!

At that point, Miss May, feeling a new wet nose under her tail, let loose a massive Ferret Fear Fart that made everyone eyes water!

Then, just to push the point home, she sunk her teeth into Freddy whilst at the same time letting of a scream!

By then OTL had got back to the cage and dragged them apart before any harm could be done.

Freddy got grabbed and extracted and Wendy was picked up from the food bowl before she could find Eric, who was still pretending he didn't exist!

It was a case of cuddles all around with OTL, followed by a slurp of Ferretone and an extra lump of chicken for them all!

Naughty OTL, he really aught to keep his mind on one job at a time!

A little later he announced that he had finally sorted the computer, programmed some radios for a customer and finished mending some other radios for another customer!

Things were getting better!

Next it was lunchtime so off we went again. This time we didn't take Freddy and Wendy with us 'cos it had started to rain and the ferrets don't like the rain!

We didn't mind too much 'cos it was that fine misty rain and we had a doggy towel in the car if we got too wet!

Before we headed home we had to delivery all these radios to the customers and fill the car with petrol.

When we finally got back home we were beginning to be hungry and soon had finished off the scoff The Missus had prepared for us.

As a treat we each had a teeth cleaning chew to finish off our meal. Holly decided to leave hers until later but I soon polished mine off.

Then I had an idea!

Holly was on the sofa and I was by the back windows. I started woofing at a pair of cats I could see.

I couldn't really see them but Holly didn't know 'cos she leapt down and rushed to the window woofing her tail off.

As soon as she jumped down from the sofa I dashed around the other side of the chair, jumped up, grabbed the chew, jumped down and rushed up stairs and under OTL's desk where I made short work of the chew!

Next thing I knew, Holly and TM were hunting the chew and both decided that I had it!

As if!

I mean, there was nothing there!

All gone!

All I was doing is nibbling my Bonio Biscuit, and, I had been given that this morning!

I think it has been a good day today!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Blue Has Been The Air!

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Now, we missed yesterdays blog, it wasn't our fault, honest!

You see, Old Two Legs got us all home safe and sound, then he got the ferrets sorted back into their cages and decided to have a look at the emails that have come in while we have been away.

He shouldn't have done that 'cos he got the surprise of his life!

It seems that someone has hacked his email address and has been sending thousands of spam emails all over the world!

What was worse, there were thousands being bounced back to OTL's mail box as 'Undeliverable'!

Wot was worse, his ISP (Internet Service Provider) shut down his account because of the large amount of messages being sent!

Yesterday, right up until ten past nine, he was at his desk trying to sort it all out. New passwords, new SMTP stuff and loads of technical stuff we have never heard of!

This morning when he fired up the system there were about twenty bounced emails in his box, so he got rid of them and tonight we are crossing our claws that he has managed to clear it all up!

The new computer is running Windows 10 and for some reason OTL is not happy with the security so that has been unplugged and he is back on the old computer that got a 'Hardware Upgrade' (A new tin box and a bigger power supply!)

Holly Chops has not been too happy today, she has something that makes her ear itchy and OTL thinks it may have been the shampoo he used when Holly had her hair cut at the college. Still, it is being washed out and cleaned, not that there is any wax or that but OTL keeps sloshing warm water in her ear and drying it.

Now, because it makes her ear wet and OTL dries it the best he can, to make sure there is nothing else in there, like ear mites, he has brushed some stuff called 'Thornit Powder' which is supposed to help get rid of the creepy crawlies.

There is one small problem, it sniffs terrible! Holly can't stand the stuff and keeps trying to brush it out with her back paw!

OTL says it won't get better if she keeps scratching, so he has devised a hat for Holly, made from a thing he wears when we are in Scotland, to keep the insects and Midges away from his neck!

Holly is not a Happy Puppy, I mean, wot does she look like?

 She was kept on the cushion by OTL and finally she fell asleep only to wake up and not scratch her ear, mainly because OTL had just got a cup of tea and a couple of Choc Chip Cookies!

Not sure wot we got for dinner tonight but OTL has got green stuff!

We reckon he could end up wasting away!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Home again!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here again!

Well, it's been a busy day today, finish off the packing and trying to keep out of the rain called Brian!

We have had a fun week of doing nothing too tiring and not getting into trouble but on the way home we hit big traffic holdups on the M25 which slowed us down!

I suppose it is the South East way of welcoming us back to our patch of land!

Holly and I have been keeping out of the way 'cos The Missus was not in a good mood. You see, this morning she was on her knees cleaning the shower unit in the caravan when little Eric started to duck and dive around having a game with TM. Unfortunately, T ducked her head down to blow a raspberry on Eric's tummy, just at the same moment that Eric decided to jump up and say Boo!

Eric's teeth made contact with TM's nose and, well, ferrets teeth are very sharp and TM's nose is very soft and now Old Two Legs calls her 'Old Scar Nose'!

I'll leave the rest to your imagination!

Now, Archie Babe you will be pleased to hear that Holly and I both got a plate full of steak, all chopped up. Seems the grandchildren decided they didn't like steak!

Wot a pair of plonkers! It was wonderful and we also managed to pinch a little from OTL as well!

Holly and I couldn't remember when we had such a good feed before!

A real Happy Birthday meal!

I think it will be an early night tonight and an early tomorrow to catch up on the work!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Happy Birthday Daisy & Holly!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here again!

Now, guess wot day it is?

It's our birthday, Holly and I are nine years old today!

As a special treat we got to stay in bed a little longer and we got first pick of Old Two Legs Choc Chip Cookies!

We didn't get any more than normal, it was just that we got to choose!

It has been a busy couple of days, on Friday we had to take The Missus to her 'Master Class' where she was demonstrating Advanced Glitter Sloshing!

Glitter Shoshers 'R' Us!

She was teaching all the ladies and she even set some 'Homework'!

There will be an hours Homework, so pay attention!

She can be a hard task master, as OTL will tell you but it is amazing just how attentive those ladies can be when TM cracks the whip!

 

Pay attention at the back!

Friday we went exploring with OTL and discovered a 'Country Park where us woofers were allowed off our leads!

It was great fun charging around chasing rabbits and squirrels!

Here be squirrels and stuff!

Of course I was on the lookout for squirrels cos they are so much fun to chase. Holly was more interested in the rabbits!

OTL caught me doing a 'Pose' looking for squirrels to chase, I look all of eight years and 364 days old!

Me, looking Good!

As we went around the park we came across a bunch trying to do 'Dog Training'! I mean, why do they want to train us? Holly and I ran over, did a couple of 'Come on and chase us' woofs and the whole class fell about!

SSSSSiiiiTTTT!

We thought it was a great laugh and OTL said that we didn't belong to him and walked off!

Saturday it was the same again with TM, more glue slooshing and homework!

Mind you, Freddy and Miss Wendy came along and said hello to everyone!

Freddy getting the 'Star' treatment!

Miss Wendy having a cuddle with OTL!

It had been a long day and even Holly Chops was tired, you could tell that cos she fell asleep on the way home!

'm inspecting the inside of my eyelids!

Today we have been visiting Holly's first family. We said Hello to everyone and enjoyed a super steak lunch. I was out looking for squirrels again while Holly had fun chewing on some acorn which OTL made her spit out!

We had a super day and got back to the caravan to do packing cos tomorrow we are heading home!

See you again soon!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

One Day is just like Another!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here again!

We sometimes get a situation where one day is very much like the next, take yesterday, it rained.

That means we don't go out hunting rabbit or foxes or squirrels, we instead fall asleep on the sofa and catch up on our snoozes!

It's just great! Loads of snoozes while Old Two Legs and The Missus sit there reading a book.

Today we had the same situation as yesterday, it rained!

Only, today it rained harder and as the morning proceeded, it rained some more!

Now, even us woofers can get a dose of 'Over Snoozing' and this morning it was getting close to that point!

Luckily for us TM decided that she wanted to go out and visit the shop where she is giving a 'Master Class' on Friday and Saturday.

OTL pointed out that the shop was nearly thirty miles away but that didn't seem to bother TM, especially as she wasn't driving! So, in the pouring rain we headed off and arrived after driving through loads of puddles!

OTL likes driving through puddles!

Once TM had been in the shop and had discussed the planned card techniques and how many tons of glitter would be needed, we headed off in search of another craft shop that was supposed to be close by.

Half an hour passed until we found this shop that was located in a shopping mall. TM went off to investigate while OTL decided to take Holly and I out for a wee.

That's when we discovered that we had a problem, we had forgotten our dogs lead and yoke!

We were in a pickle 'cos both Holly and I just fancied a walk and a wee! OTL headed off into the Mall looking for a doggy shop but there was doggy shop, that was until he saw the Barbour Shop, you know, the one that does all the high quality country side type clothing and in the he found some dog leads. He had to pay £20 out of his pocket money to get just one lead! Still, that was enough to take us woofers out, one at a time!

Me first, then Holly. I didn't have a wee, you see I don't like new places to wee, you just never know what woofer has been there first!

Holly on the other paw is of the opinion that she will wee, any where, any time, any place!

She did just that! So, me now wee, Holly weeing and marking the spot, OTL takes me out again and steers me to where Holly had left her mark (puddle) and I went and had a wee on top of Holly's wee!

Sorted!

OTL found a shop and got two pairs of 'double lined' Outdoor Trousers, three pairs of socks and two bobble hats!

OTL was a happy puppy, now he is ready for Winter Time!

Back home it stopped raining for about half an hour so we got our walk down on the field and got back to the caravan just in time, 'cos the rain started again!

TM says there is a 'Met Office Yellow Warning' for some heavy rain and wind this evening. So, down comes the satellite dish but that means OTL is stuffed 'cos he has finished his book, (A Dan Brown Book of 458 pages!) now he has nothing to read except some old photography magazines!

With a bit of luck, tomorrow we can find some open spaces to have a run about, a forest or something like that, we will have to study the book of maps he keeps in the car.

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

We have Arrived!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here!

Well, we have arrived at the camp site, not as exciting as Scotland, no mountains!

However, wot we do have here, that we don't normally get, is a big field in which we can run, Off the Lead!

It's just great! Loads of sniffs, there are rabbits around cos we can sniff them but so far, we have only seen one!

Yesterday was fun, as normal, Holly and I rode in the back of the car with the ferrets. We headed off and as normal, we woofed at the truck drivers and blew raspberries at the drivers behind us!

Now, normally we go out for our walk around midday, so, come that time Holly and I felt the need of a sniff and a wee! We set about letting The Missus and Old Two Legs know we needed a walk, NOW!

The fact that we were batting along the M40 didn't matter, we wanted a wee and NOW!

Finally we pulled into a motorway service station and parked up, Holly and I were straight out and proceeded to put our mark on the place!

We were soon back on the road and before long we were looking for the entrance to the caravan park. As we drove down the road to the site we noticed that the sun was a funny colour, it was sort of misty red!

Holly knew what it was and explained that dust from North Africa had been sucked up by the hurricane called Ophelia and was now being dropped on us! Sounds a bit technical to me but Holly Chops is a 'Technical Woofer!'

Sahara Sun?

The site is very well laid out and it is all hard standing but the hard standing is the very small shingle type of stone which seems to jam in the tread of OTL's boots, so, every time he comes into the caravan there is a pile of stones on the carpet!

TM is not happy and neither is OTL when he steps on the stones, without his boots on!

The ferrets are super pleased with the field, loads of space and loads of ferrety type sniffs!

A little sniff here, a little sniff there, that's what it's all about!

Holly and I are always keeping a sharp eye open for rabbits that get stuck in the middle of the field!

OK Rabbits, paws up, where are you?

Back in the caravan we have sort of taken over the bench seat that OTL uses, he is now been pushed to one end while Holly and I stretch out and make ourselves comfortable!

This is MINE, OK!

The site has Wi-Fi but not as you would expect. The reception building, which is a big sort of shed has Wi-Fi but only inside the shed, so we have to write up the blog, save the pictures, then wander down to the shed and find somewhere to sit and upload into the Internetty!

Now, as wonderful as this site is, there is always a downer somewhere and we have already found our downer!

There we are, in the field having a sniff , when we jump back with a whopping great burr on our nose!

Nasty Spiky burrs!

OTL, has to pick it all out of our muzzles before we can carry on sniffing!

It's a hard life being a woofer in this place!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.